Holy Sh*t Play have killed off HKL's website! ;-)

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 12 May 2006, 10:01

True, you would expect reviewers to review a film properly and get actor's names right, that includes watching it in the intended language.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 12 May 2006, 12:39

mmmmmm

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 12 May 2006, 12:43

Are those full size screenshots at DVD Reviewer accurate?

They make the image look terrible.

And Eva, if a reviewer is ignorant of simple facts they should not be doing the job.

Michelle Yeah, anyone?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 12 May 2006, 13:26

They look heavily JPEG compressed. I'm betting it's JPEG NOT MPEG compression we can see. So NO not accurate.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 18 May 2006, 15:07

THE HEROIC TRIO has now been passed uncut by the BBFC.

Still an '18' for strong violence.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 18 May 2006, 15:14

Sweet. I hope HKL do a decent job.

I can finally get rid of my Universe Laser DVD.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 18 May 2006, 15:26

Markgway wrote:THE HEROIC TRIO has now been passed uncut by the BBFC.

Still an '18' for strong violence.

Drooool!

shame we wont get Bey Logan commentary with lots of sexual inuendo and styff

I really cannot imagine they wil do any extras for it? are there deleted scenes anywhere?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 18 May 2006, 15:26

Yeah me too.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 18 May 2006, 15:34

Hopefully The Executioners will follow soon after

(not half as good mind you, but still good).

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 18 May 2006, 15:38

Hey,

HEROES SHED NO TEARS is up for pre order on HKLs site. Unusual, minimalist cover art.

http://www.hongkonglegends.co.uk/index.php?pid=1863

From John Woo, the director of Hong Kong movie classics including Bullet in the Head and The Killer comes his ferocious war movie Heroes Shed No Tears.

Eddy Ko stars as Chinese mercenary Chan Chung who is hired to kidnap an infamous Thai drug baron and bring him to justice. On the trail they conflict with a Vietnamese general and from that point on find themselves fighting on two increasingly vicious fronts with more yet to come!

Anyone tiring of the formulaic 'Hollywood' John Woo will revel in this, his first slo-mo gunfest of gory glory, where an eye for an eye is played out in unforgettable flesh tearing action. This is Woo at his most brutal and with an arsenal of explosive mayhem, he pulls out all the stops to show the true hell of war: John Woo style!

Extras:

# UK Promotional Trailer
# From Hong Kong to Hollywood: An Interview with John Woo
# A tribute to Lam Ching Ying

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 18 May 2006, 16:24

That is indeed an unusual cover art for HKL... perhaps they've got a new designer or something.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 18 May 2006, 16:28

No extras is putting it mildly!

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 18 May 2006, 18:11

I agree - 1 interview? Pathetic.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 18 May 2006, 18:28

1 Featurette too.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 18 May 2006, 18:47

it might be text based.
Havent HKL done a tribute to LCY before? I'm sure they did, on the "Mr Vampire" DVD

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 18 May 2006, 19:04

Yeah and interviews with John Woo too (BITH).

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 18 May 2006, 20:40

That cover art is minging.

And it's a damn shame HKL couldn't find (or more likely didn't bother looking) for the original director's cut.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 18 May 2006, 20:42

romerojpg wrote:Drooool! shame we wont get Bey Logan commentary with lots of sexual inuendo and styff I really cannot imagine they wil do any extras for it? are there deleted scenes anywhere?

Not aware of any extended versions so probably not.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 19 May 2006, 08:25

Is the DC of HSNT available Mark?

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 19 May 2006, 10:22

Markgway wrote:That cover art is minging.

Is this good or bad?

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 19 May 2006, 10:27

hey,

there's been discussion of this at KFF and from my memory, some facts remain clear, some unclear:

Woo's original edit from 1984 was actually released in Australia as Sunset Warriors but rarity is probably quite the issue. Reasons why it was left unreleased in HK ranges from being unfinished, not to the distributors satisfaction etc etc. Then when Woo broke...money on the horizon so...

The re-edit for HK cinema release in 1986/87 under the title Heroes Shed No Tears (a good English translation of the Chinese title of A Better Tomorrow...coincidentally) reportedly had more footage shot by either a Korean or American crew. Among other things a pretty lame sex scene with the Westerner friend of Eddy Ko's character. Still, I'm not sure it was a DRASTIC re-edit and if it was dubbed in Cantonese at that point.

I'm sure some details are missing or incorrect here so take it away, Mark.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 19 May 2006, 13:03

thelostdragon wrote:
Markgway wrote:That cover art is minging.
Is this good or bad?

Baaaad!!!

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 19 May 2006, 13:10

Just to add to Ken's post:

The film was originally spoken in Cantonese.
Filmed in 1983.
Released only in Australia and Korea in 1984 (according to a poster at KFF the Korean print was slightly rejigged from Woo's dir's cut)
The DC apparently ran 100m (as opposed to the 85m print now in circulation).
The re-edit was released in HK in 1986.
Rumours suggest that the DC was released on VHS in Aus back in the mid-80's, but NO ONE in fandom seems to have it.
It's been suggested that Japanese and Australian finance was put into the production, though only the Korean production company has thus far been identified. I would thus class this as a HK-Korean co-production until further evidence comes to light.

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 19 May 2006, 13:40

hey,

regarding my comment about the language... was more referring to the fact that it might not have been post-dubbed into Cantonese until 1986 but that's besides the point in actuality I guess.

JinMode · Post by **JinMode** » 23 May 2006, 20:46

the trailer has been uped now:

http://www.hongkonglegends.co.uk/index. ... &trl_id=85